Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival has grown by leaps since 1997 from its birth and became the most representative symbol of Bucheon City known as a mecca of the culture with combination of Animation, Cartoon, Game and Film moving forward to its change and creativity. BiFan has not only got the name of most dynamic film festival that brings together numerous film enthusiast but also evo... expand

Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival has grown by leaps since 1997 from its birth and became the most representative symbol of Bucheon City known as a mecca of the culture with combination of Animation, Cartoon, Game and Film moving forward to its change and creativity. BiFan has not only got the name of most dynamic film festival that brings together numerous film enthusiast but also evolved into a global fame that deserves the name of place of ‘Fantastic’ filled with fresh energy of sensitivity in the past 17 years. close

NOTEBOOK FROM MY MOTHER also Invited to Japanese Fest A pair of Korean films were invited to the Kyoto International Art and Film Festival this month. The festival featured the world premiere of CHO Sung-kyu’s Beautiful Food, featuring Kara member PARK Gyu-ri, as well as the melodrama Notebook from my Mother. Lead actress PARK Gyu-ri attended the festivities in Kyoto along with her co-star LIM Won...

Korean movies of the 23rd Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), which kicked off on October 4, will be streamed on the official website (screening.koreanfilm.or.kr). The KoBiz Online Screening has been annually streaming titles from major film fests in Korea, such as BIFF, the Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF), Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN), as well as works fro...

Actors KIM Sang-kyung, HEO Seong-tae, PARK Sun-young and KIM Dong-young have assembled for the upcoming period noir mystery-thriller Namsan, Poet Murder Incident (translated title). From director KO Myoung-sung, the film kicked off production on September 15. Set shortly after the end of the Korean War in 1953 in the Myeongdong neighborhood of Seoul, Namsan, Poet Murder Incident follows a criminal...

Service Available for 3 Months from July 13 to October 12, 2018 The KoBiz online screening service operated by theKorean Film Council(KOFIC) will feature 47 movies from theBucheon International Fantastic Film Festival(BIFAN), available on its official website (screening.koreanfilm.or.kr). KoBiz Online Screening has been streaming annually titles from major film fests in Korea, such as theBusan Int...

The Korean Film Council (KOFIC - Chairman, OH Seok Geun) hosted its ‘Korean Film Night’ event during the 68th Berlin International Film Festival at the Korean Culture Center in Berlin at 8pm on Monday, February 19. The event was put on to celebrate the Korean films invited to this year’s Berlinale and to promote exchanges between Korean filmmakers and film professionals from around the world. The ...

The 21st edition of the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BiFan) kicked off last week, continuing its aim to be the Asian representative hub for genre films. Under the slogan “A Film Festival Remembered for its Films”, the festival offers a wide variety of programs for audiences, from children and families to cult film fans who prefer extreme, taboo challenging movies. This year’s onl...

Korean Films Lord Over Marketplace During the last weekend of the summer holiday period in Korea, local films retained the advantage with a commanding 81% of the marketplace, as the top three entries were homebred, while overall admissions stood at 3.14 million. Performing a third victory lap atop the charts after a 40% post-holiday weekend dip was RYOO Seung-wan’s action-comedy Veteran, which add...